Successful plasmapheresis for extreme hyperbilirubinemia caused by acute Epstein-Barr virus

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 323-326

  Place, Emily ^a   Wenzel, Judith E ^a   Arumugam, Ramalingam ^b   Belani, Kiran ^a   Messinger, Yoav ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Cholestatic jaundice; Epstein Barr virus; Hemolytic anemia; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INSULIN; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DRUG ERUPTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248156374     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3180590c11     Document Type: Article

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